The Winners is a Canadian biographical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1982.
Premise This series, sponsored by Shell Canada, presented docudramas of Canadian heroes.
Scheduling The half-hour episodes were originally broadcast on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. from 17 January to 28 March 1982. It was rebroadcast later that year on Sunday evenings from 15 July to 2 September.
Episodes Athol Murray, founder of Notre Dame College, Saskatchewan, portrayed by Donnelly Rhodes ("The Winners"); Gordon Ruttan (writer), Brian Walker (director) Emily Murphy, portrayed by Martha Henry, co-starring Douglas Campbell, William Hutt, Gerard Parkes and Douglas Rain; John Kent Harrison (writer), Martin Lavut (director) H.R. MacMillan - Norman Klenman (writer), Lawrence S. Mirkin (director) Pauline Johnson, portrayed by Fern Henry - Munroe Scott (writer), Martha Coolidge (director) J.A. Bombardier, portrayed by Yvon Ponton, James Brown (writer), Jean Lefleur (director) Charlotte Whitton, portrayed by Kate Lynch; Carol Bolt (writer), Graham Parker (director) John Wesley Dafoe - Fiona McHugh (writer), Scott Hylands (director) Marion Hilliard, portrayed by Chapelle Jaffe, co-starring Peter Dvorsky, Janet-Laine Green, Lois Maxwell and Mary Pirie; Fiona McHugh (writer), Zale Dalen (director) Reginald Fessenden, portrayed by Alan Scarfe; George Robertson (writer), Richard Gilbert (director) Vilhjalmur Stefansson, portrayed by Michael J. Reynolds co-starring John Friesen and Eric Peterson; George Robertson and Alan Scarfe (writers)
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